- Date
- June 14, 1977
- Place
- Keeler, CA · KEELER, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N13DDCessna 170
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770614015199A
- Case key
- 158722
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1285 77/6/14 NR.KEELER,CA CESSNA 170 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1430 N13DD PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 63, 6898 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1634 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SALINE VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KEELER,CA BISHOP,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER - WIND SHEAR FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 90 260 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ACFT COLLIDED WITH BOULDER.GUST 15K.WIND SHIFTED TO ESE AT ROTATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13DD
- Reported as
- Cessna 170
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Saline Valley
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.